SepticGentleman

Academy 218: Still looking for new people to join - now is the primetime.

Gave Casper a little more colour by adding pink streaks in his hair! Pink dye. Fan-tah-beeew-lous!

Also, I was wondering...when two characters are engaged in an activity together, are we going to write posts together? I believe that would be the most effective way of getting the whole scene out of the way in one or two replies.

@Shard

I know I'll be making frequent use of PiratePad.

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Elias Winzer

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“Nah.” Eli replied, “You get a clean bill of health whenever you jump in.”

There was a pause before he continued, “Should take advantage of that in the future. After today, I’m gonna have all of you running in each of the Zones, not just the red city. I’m fairly certain that after a few more runs in the Nexus Projector, you’ll all be well acquainted to it. No more nausea or headaches when you jump out.” He patted Jazz’s shoulder and concluded with, “You just take it easy while the rest of the team wraps it up in there.”

He turned his head and called out to everyone in the room, “That goes for all of you! You wanna head upstairs and get something to eat, go for it.” He walked back up the aisle, towards the console, to observe the final leg of the mission with Henry, Miriam, Kayla, and Bobby at the helm.

One big mark left, one to go. They had it in the bag.

Hopefully.

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A day without any OOC discussion is a day wasted.

Oh well. It's the weekend now.

ZONES: -system offline-

@SepticGentleman I think she would prefer to leave at this point.

Leave the zone.

@ScarlettWaters16

Alright, she's out.

@UrbanEvolution, @Empour, and @Stairdweller are the only ones involved in the main mission at this point. With only Sparky left to murder, it'll be done very soon.

We're almost free, people.

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Elias Winzer

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"Eli? You hear that? Jazz here’s down for the count, want to wake her up?”

Eli nodded in response to Bobby’s request. Jazz had done plenty enough to warrant herself a break. “Yeah, sure, I’ll pull her out now. You and the other three should be able to handle the rest of the Aggressors. You’ve done a great job so far.” He responded over the neural comm. He ran his finger along the button array until he reached the one corresponding to the chair Jazz was seated in. He pressed the button, and her mark in the Zone disappeared.

Moments later, Jazz’s chair shut down, and she was awake. Eli grabbed another bottle of water from the container and hurried down the aisle to welcome her back to Earth.

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@ScarlettWaters16

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@ScarlettWaters16 You want Jazz to get expunged from the Zone or stick around?

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Smiley never gets less creepy. *turns off signatures*

@Stairdweller

Next time Nora or Bobby are in Zone 3, he'll be on the prowl for some succulent asses.

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Elias Winzer and Jared Swift

_{In collaboration with @Twisted Fate}

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"Out?" Eli responded, "You ARE out."

"I mean out of... this.” Jared said to him, “Whatever crazy shit you've got planned here, I damn well don't want to be a part of it anymore."

Here we go.

"So now that you're on the ground you suddenly don't want to do your part? Just fly around for shits and giggles?" Eli snapped back at him, taking his finger off the neural communication button.

"I never signed up for this in the first place! I'm not a fighter, I'm just a regular guy!" He yelled back. He raised his hands and sighed in anger before lowering them again. He continued, "I'm useless to you, I can't even handle your stupid trial."

Eli was starting to get pissed at this point. "Like it or fucking not, you're linked. So you're staying here until we have this situation under control. Get your fucking head out of the clouds, man up, and learn how to handle a fight."

"So what? You just hold me here against my will?” Jared retorted, “Do that, and I'm not fucking co-operating at all. You need me a hell of a lot more than I need you."

Five seconds ago he said he was useless.

"Yeah, I do!” Eli stood up, shouting, “I have been here for YEARS getting ready for this shit! I CAN'T DO what you can in there! So the moment one of the few capable people around here, meaning YOU, decides he wants out because he's acting like a petty fucking CHILD, I have to be the one to pull you back in because I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN OPERATE THIS FUCKING THING."

There was a moment of silence between the two.

Jared shook his head and replied, "Whatever, it's obvious I've got absolutely no say in this anyway. But I've got a condition, if you expect me to go and risk my life in there again, I expect you to at least provide some level of training, got it?"

Eli’s just a code monkey. He doesn’t know how to fight worth shit either.

"You want training? Talk to someone from Zone 1." He snapped back at him.

"I mean real training, man!” Jared called out, “I've got no problem with my powers - at least when I have full control - but I can't fight for shit. Surely you've got some sort of physical instructors around here?! Or if you're so underfunded that you can't even afford that, I want that chick to train me. Miriam, was it? She's the only one around here that seemed like she knew what she was doing."

Underfunded.

"Yeah, Miriam. The one with cancer. Talk to her." He said, as he took his seat once more.

"Wait, cancer? Nobody told me anything about cancer!" Was Jared’s response.

_{This guy can’t be serious.}

"TALK. TO HER about it.” Eli shot back, “Now sit down and let me do my job."

Another pause before Jared responded, "Whatever, asshole. Just remember, if I get killed out there I swear to god I am haunting you for the rest of your fucking life." He turned and made his way back down the steps from the console, down the aisle.

_{"Oh you don't have to worry about dying."} Eli muttered to himself.

ZONES: -system offline-

Whatever happens today, the bigguns should be dealt with however you guys want. I'll be able to take the reigns from there and remove most of the pressure.

_{You can do it I believe in you go team Venture.}

ZONES: -system offline-

Quick question - Do the Zoners still have any injuries they've got from the Zone in real life? Just checking.

@Twisted Fate

Nope. Just a bit of nausea and a headache.